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"August 1st" Air Show at Zhuhai Air Show 2021 (Photo: Jiang Jurong)
On the afternoon of October 31, 2021, the first China Air Show Forum with the theme of "Dancing with Blue Sky and Inspiring the Future" was held in Nanchang by video recording, and the follow-up organizers will share the wonderful content of the forum through the online platform. The forum was co-sponsored by China Aeronautical Education Society, Jiangxi Science and Technology Association, Jiangxi Hongdu Aviation Industry Group and Nanchang Hangkong University. Xiao Yun, member of the Standing Committee of the Nanchang Municipal Party Committee and vice mayor, Li Baoliang, director of the Jiangxi Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Center, Guo Zhijun, deputy director of the Office of the Military-Civilian Integration Development Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, Cai Zhenfeng, vice chairman of the Jiangxi Science and Technology Association, and Chen Xin, deputy inspector of the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education, sent electronic messages.
"Red Eagle" air show team at the 2021 Zhuhai Air Show (Photo: Zhou Min)
Representatives of the top domestic air show teams such as Bayi, Red Eagle, and Skywing all attended the meeting, and the participating air show theory experts and aviation sports experts jointly presented a series of wonderful reports. Everyone systematically discussed the industry development of air shows, the analysis of cutting-edge technologies, and their far-reaching significance and traction for national defense education, and pioneered the concept of integrated development of air shows and national defense education, aviation culture, aviation industry, aviation sports and other fields, laying a theoretical foundation for the future development of industrial integration. Wu Gang, commander of the Red Star Air Show Team, presided over the forum.
Xiao Yun, member of the Standing Committee of the Nanchang Municipal Party Committee and vice mayor, said in an electronic speech that as the birthplace of the new Chinese aviation industry, Nanchang is actively seizing opportunities and vigorously developing the aviation industry. Holding such a forum with "air show" as the core topic at the scene of the 2021 Nanchang Flight Conference is just in line with the original intention of Nanchang to hold the flight conference. That is, it is hoped to promote aviation culture, popularize aviation knowledge, unite the strength of the government, enterprises, schools and other aspects, increase the proportion of aviation enthusiasts among the masses, especially in the youth to cultivate a large number of flight enthusiasts, and improve the mass foundation for the development of China's aviation industry.
Li Baoliang, director of the Jiangxi Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Center, mentioned in his speech that in the air show, a star model frequently displayed, the Chujiao 6 aircraft, is the first domestic military-to-civilian airworthiness certification project, and is the result of the cooperation and deep integration of the aviation industry and the civil aviation airworthiness certification team. It is hoped that the Chujiao 6 aircraft can adhere to the "gold medal quality" as always, so that more aviation enthusiasts can dream of the blue sky, and hope to take this forum as a starting point to promote the leapfrog development of the air show cause and aviation culture and education in Jiangxi Province and even the whole country
Chen Xin, a second-level inspector of the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education, proposed in an electronic speech that air shows are an important way of national defense education, encouraging young people to serve the motherland and pursue their dreams and blue skies. As the birthplace of China's aviation industry and the cradle of the Chinese revolution, Jiangxi has unique historical significance and cultural heritage, taking aviation national defense education as the starting point and creating a characteristic aviation national defense education system with Jiangxi as a model, which is of great significance to the future development of China's military field and aviation industry. With the development of China's aviation industry and the diversification of cooperation models, air shows in China as an emerging industry and various fields continue to integrate, will surely light up more light of hope for the next generation to realize the dream of aviation, let the spark pass on, and create a better future.
Wu Gang, commander of the Red Star Air Show Team, presided over the forum (Photo: Jiang Jurong)
Zheng Tangjie, Deputy General Manager of Hongdu Group and Chairman of Nanchang Yaohu Flight Base Management Co., Ltd., delivered an opening speech (Photo: Jiang Jurong)
Zheng Tangjie, deputy general manager of Hongdu Group and chairman of Nanchang Yaohu Flight Base Management Co., Ltd., said in the opening speech of the forum that hongdu company of aviation industry, as an important trainer aircraft manufacturing enterprise in China, produces the first 6, 8, and 10, and the junior high school and high school three generation trainer aircraft are the main models of China's current air show industry. The trainer plane is the take-off route of the pilot's flight career, and it is also the way to spread the wings and fly high. As an important form of display of aviation culture dissemination, air shows have entered a new period of development with the growth of aviation.
Li Qiu, former captain of the Bayi Air Show Team, spoke (Photo: Jiang Jurong)
Since its inception, the Bayi Air Show Team of the Chinese Air Force has undertaken the tasks of national ceremonial welcome and major domestic activities, and is known as China's "Blue Sky Honor Guard". The content of the speech of Li Qiu, the former captain of the Bayi Air Show Team, was "The Nature and Significance of the Air Show", sharing his flight experience and feelings in the Bayi Air Show Team, pointing out that the air show is a comprehensive display of the country's comprehensive strength, army equipment, pilot technical and tactical level, and hopes that more air show teams will emerge, more elite talents will devote themselves to it, spread aviation feelings, inherit patriotic spirit, ignite the enthusiasm of young people for serving the country through aviation, and contribute new strength to the development of China's aviation industry.
Sun Yuzhi, commander of the "Wings of Heaven" air show team, delivered a speech (Photo: Jiang Jurong)
Sun Yuzhi, commander of the "Wings of Heaven" air show team, and Jin Hao, a member of the "Red Eagle" air show team and captain of the flight brigade, also gave detailed introductions to the "Wings of Heaven" air show team and the "Red Eagle" air show team where they belonged. These two air show teams, formed by the flight instructors of the Air Force Aviation University, have shown the pride and feats of the pilots in pursuing the blue sky. Zhang Libin, captain of the Red Eagle "Air Show Team", participated in the on-site dialogue and exchange.
"Red Eagle" air show team member and flight brigade leader Jin Hao spoke (Photo: Jiang Jurong)
Zhang Libin, captain of the "Red Eagle" air show team, Yang Yao, chief pilot of l15, and other guests participated in the on-site dialogue and exchange (Photo: Jiang Jurong)
Gao Jun, a military flight aviation theory expert of China Aviation Technology Import and Export Co., Ltd., made a speech on the practical significance of "Talking about the Practical Significance of Air Shows in Realizing the Popularization and Education of Aviation Powers" through video link, expounding the important significance of aviation for the development of the country, proposing that air shows can stimulate the majority of young people's strong interest in aviation and flight, is the best interpretation of the comprehensive ability and quality based on art and science and technology, helps to promote young people's intuitive understanding and mastery of scientific basic theories, and lays an ideological and cultural foundation for the development of the national aviation industry. "The air show is to enlighten people to recognize the status and role of aviation power, and to recognize that aviation is an important symbol of a strong country." Some of these young people with strong interest may enter the military and serve the strong army; some enter aviation colleges, because they have flight experience and experience in the air, they are more likely to become excellent engineers in aircraft design and can more accurately understand what kind of aircraft pilots need; some may enter other fields, but they will also give better understanding and support to aviation and flight. Aviation has a broad mass base in order to realize the aviation power promoted by man and aircraft. ”
Gao Jun, a military flight aviation theory expert of China Aviation Technology Import and Export Co., Ltd., spoke through video link (Photo: Jiang Jurong)
Professor Gao Jun put forward several appeals at the end of his speech: first, he hopes to continue to integrate aviation and flight into the urban construction culture of Nanchang; second, set up an aviation science and technology museum in the city museum; third, set up a daily youth aviation club and flight summer camp in Yaohu Lake to actively promote the threshold of serving the training of military flight talents; fourth, position the direction of Nanchang Airlines' flight show activities, and recruit aviation theory and flight instructor volunteers to serve in flight and aviation popularization education.
Wang Yong, deputy director of Jiangxi Aviation Sports Management Center, delivered a speech (Photo: Jiang Jurong)
Wang Yong, deputy director of the Jiangxi Provincial Aviation Sports Management Center, introduced the "Status Quo of Aviation Sports Performances in China", including the development of aviation sports projects such as aviation models and high-altitude skydiving, and believed that there is a huge demand for aviation performances in China's society, and the development of aviation sports performances and air shows is promising.
Hu Yanchun, dean of the School of Civil Aviation of Nanchang Hangkong University and captain of the Red Star Air Show Team, made a report (Photo: Jiang Jurong)
Hu Yanchun, dean of the School of Civil Aviation of Nanchang Hangkong University and captain of the Red Star Air Show Team, finally gave a keynote report on the construction and development of the air show team. As the former director of the Flight Training Department of the Air Force Aviation University and the director of the Flight Research Institute, he participated in the demonstration of the formation of the Air Force Red Eagle and Skywing Air Show Team in 2010, and successfully established China's first 6-year-old civil air show team - the Red Star Air Show Team in 2020. In the report, based on many years of experience in flight organization command and teaching management, combined with actual cases, he expounded the basic conditions and laws for the establishment of the flight show team, the selection criteria and training mode mechanism of talents, discussed the original intention and significance of the establishment of the Red Star Air Show Team, clarified the construction goals of the Red Star Air Show Team, and put forward a new idea for the construction and development of the Flight Show Team with the cultivation of flight talents as the core and the purpose of national defense aviation education.
One of the biggest highlights of this Nanchang Flight Conference is the civil initial education 6 aircraft three-plane formation brought by the Red Star Air Show Team, the Red Star Air Show Team was born on the "Retired Pilot and Commander Retraining Base" approved by the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee - Yaohu Flight Base, in the future, Nanchang Yaohu Flight Base will take Jiangxi as a pilot, gradually build a professional and standardized aviation quality education system in the country, take the promotion of aviation culture as its own responsibility, take the training of flight talents as the core, base itself on Nanchang, face the whole country, and build a full of feelings. High-quality national defense aviation education demonstration base.
Red Star Air Show Team Civil Edition Chujiao 6 Three-Plane Formation Debuts (Photo: Jiang Jurong)
The experts' professional research and suggestions not only benefited the participants a lot, but also provided a deep spiritual driving force for promoting the development of China's air show industry and aviation education, and enriching the practice methods in the field of aviation culture.